linux-kernel - [PATCH] power: supply: rt5033_battery: Fix the usage of potential uninitialized variable

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Date:   Tue, 15 Oct 2019 09:57:37 -0700
From:   Yizhuo <yzhai003@....edu>
To:     unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)
Cc:     zhiyunq@...ucr.edu, csong@...ucr.edu, Yizhuo <yzhai003@....edu>,
        Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] power: supply: rt5033_battery: Fix the usage of potential uninitialized variable

In function rt5033_battery_get_present(), variable "val" could be
uninitialized if regmap_read() returns -EINVAL. However, "val" is
used to decide the return value, which is potentially unsafe.

Signed-off-by: Yizhuo <yzhai003@....edu>
---
 drivers/power/supply/rt5033_battery.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/rt5033_battery.c b/drivers/power/supply/rt5033_battery.c
index d8667a9fc49b..6a617531698c 100644
--- a/drivers/power/supply/rt5033_battery.c
+++ b/drivers/power/supply/rt5033_battery.c
@@ -26,8 +26,14 @@ static int rt5033_battery_get_present(struct i2c_client *client)
 {
 	struct rt5033_battery *battery = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
 	u32 val;
+	int ret;
 
-	regmap_read(battery->regmap, RT5033_FUEL_REG_CONFIG_L, &val);
+	ret = regmap_read(battery->regmap, RT5033_FUEL_REG_CONFIG_L, &val);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(&client->dev,
+			"Failed to read RT5033_FUEL_REG_CONFIG_L.\n");
+		return false;
+	}
 
 	return (val & RT5033_FUEL_BAT_PRESENT) ? true : false;
 }
-- 
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